CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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1 Disrespect around monarch is
stupid behaviour (10)
6 Beginning, but not finishing, as
top player (4)
9 Port with more piquant
flavour (7)
10 Two kinds of fish or one kind
of apple (7)
12 Fashionable site I’m changing
within last minute (13)
14 Spare money for a female
American president (6)
15 I’m returning to doctor
awfully tiny photograph (8)
17 Autocrat reversed corruption
at police department (8)
19 Bringer of news about male
baby (6)
22 With Tory party, share careful
thought (13)
24 Small bit of speech wherein I
ask for ring? (7)
25 Combination of three
countries – means to think
about it (7)
26 Place to retire, choice of large
numbers of Romans (4)
27 Suffering in opening without
queen? Good (10)
1 First nine of our letters turned
up, and one from Greece (4)
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2 Religious leader’s page covering
minor argument (7)
3 Class in university local found
far from enlightening (13)
4 Task selected from roster
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randomly (6)
5 Prepare to fire back in
Manhattan, for example (8)
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7 Tested over very short distance,
and cut down to size (7)
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8 With pistol, held up a politician
concerned with rules (10)
11 Is breaking key instrument, I
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confess, and creating confusion
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13 Like a golf course, with sand
placed haphazardly (10)
16 One’s free, after reforming, as
anticipated (8)
18 Outline first of challenges,
playing away matches (7)
20 Witticism and dig I combined in
Indian language (7)
21 Good stroll’s become better (6)
23 Catch small shrew (4)
Cryptic Crossword No. 2732
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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1 One of the two opposing
complementary principles of
Chinese philosophy (4)
9 Short story by American
author Washington Irving (3,3,6)
10 Columbus is the capital of
this US state (4)
11 Mother of Elizabeth I (4,6)
15 Inhabitant of vast steppes in
South America (7)
16 Fine net fabric of silk or
rayon (5)
18 Californian grape producing a
quick-maturing red wine (9)
19 Arthur —, US tennis player
1943-93 (4)
20 Scandinavian god of thunder
(4)
21 One smashing shop window
with stolen car (3-6)
23 District in south-west France
north of Bordeaux (5)
24 French name for Leuven,
town east of Brussels (7)
26 Rose with clusters of
flowers (10)
29 Deep red gemstone (4)
30 Uncontrollable course of
events (5,7)
31 Word from French meaning
without (4)
2 Person’s most vulnerable point
(8,4)
3 Point on earth’s surface
closest to a detonation (6,4)
4 Long weapon with pointed
head (5)
5 Agricultural wagon or cart (4)
6 Nobleman in France equal to
rank of viscount (7)
7 Portree is the largest place on
this island (4)
8 Tube conveying blood (4)
12 1922 German film in which
the vampire Count Orlok goes to
Bremen (9)
13 Village north of Ramsbottom
in Lancashire (9)
14 American symbol of welcome
for one returning home after
having experienced some danger
(6,6)
17 Beyond one’s legal power or
authority (5,5)
22 Tradename for a set of
software controls (7)
25 Fibre obtained by untwisting
old rope (5)
26 Small high-pitched flute
similar to a piccolo (4)
27 Edible pods also called lady’s
fingers (4)
28 Cobra genus (4)
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General Knowledge No. 1109
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